Tag Archives: BitterSweet

Dear God

Posted on May 9, 2014 by M. Rodriguez

Dear God for whom I had indebted my life too and owe all Salvation too, When I was a doubting a Christian, Nietzche told me that were you dead, but I refused to believe the words of a dead gay … Continue reading →

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2013 in Review for the BitterSweet End Blog

Posted on January 1, 2014 by M. Rodriguez

Happy New Year Everybody. I just want to give a special thanks to those who have followed my blog. I hope your New Year is full of love, hope, peace, and prosperity. I know haven’t been posting and commenting as often on my … Continue reading →

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Turning 30 and a Half

Posted on December 16, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

Okay I confess that this is a cheesy Blog title, but I needed something. I actually turned 30 about five months ago, back in July. I actually wanted to do an update post about my life back in July, but … Continue reading →

Posted in atheism, atheist, character, church, life | Tagged atheism, Atheist, BitterSweet, Christmas, Church, freethought, inspiration, life, logic of life, mindset, quotable quotes, Religion and Spirituality, unbelief, Unfaith | 5 Comments

The Greatest Evil About Religion

Posted on October 21, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

“Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you’d have good people doing good things and evil people doing bad things, but for good people to do bad things, it takes religion.” ~ Steven Weinberg, “Men never … Continue reading →

Posted in atheist vs christian, character, debate, destruction, evil, fraud, history, message, Musings for Life, quote, religion, Response, skepticism | Tagged BitterSweet, Blaise Pascal, CNN, death, evil, Marriage, moral, Musings, Pascal, quotable quotes, quote, quotes, religion, Religion and Spirituality, Unfaith | 25 Comments

200th Post

Posted on September 16, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

It’s another milestone for the Bittersweet End Blog. My 200th post I never would have thought when I first started blogging that I would have enjoyed it so much nor reaching 200 completed post (and also 60,000 views). One thing … Continue reading →

Posted in inspiration, life, Musings for Life, occam's razor, Philosophy for Life, purpose, quote, youtube | Tagged BitterSweet, freethought, inspiration, life, logic of life, Musings, poem, poetry, quotable quotes | 4 Comments

I NEVER lost my faith; (A Fleeting Moment of Realization)

Posted on September 7, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

It was a weekday, and I had just got off work. I had got into my car to drive home, And I had made the turn out of the parking lot passing the Steak n Shake to my left. Then … Continue reading →

Posted in atheism, atheist, deductive reasoning, doubt faith, emotions, Free-Thought, Musings for Life, probability of God, quote, skeptic, skepticism, unbelief | Tagged Atheist, BitterSweet, Christian Delusion, CNN, delusion, does god exist?, doubt, Existence of God, faith, freethought, God, god delusion, life, logic of life, mindset, Musings, quote, Random Thoughts, Religion and Spirituality, skeptic, skepticism, Thought, unbelief, Unfaith | 16 Comments

Life after Church

Posted on August 20, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

Last Month I turned thirty, The Big 3-0….WOW. And I completed two years of blogging. I have to admit that since I no longer believe in God and lost my religion. I find my life much more refreshing, but also … Continue reading →

Posted in atheism, atheist, atheist vs christian, church, message, Musings for Life, religion | Tagged BitterSweet, Christianity, Church, community, de-conversion, mindset, Musings, religion, Religion and Spirituality, Thought | 20 Comments

Top Regrets Men Have At the End of Their Lives

Posted on August 17, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

I read this article awhile ago on the website Alternet. Bronnie Ware is an Australian nurse who spent several years working in palliative care, caring for patients in the last 12 weeks of their lives. She recorded their dying epiphanies … Continue reading →

Posted in death, human nature, inspiration, laws of logic, life, occam's razor, philosophy, Philosophy for Life | Tagged Afterlife, BitterSweet, death, human nature, inspiration, life, logic of life, Musings, philosophy, Survey | 6 Comments

Stories of Faith & De-Conversion

Posted on July 20, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

A Similar (Touching) Story on an Atheist Minister leading the faithful: “Reading the Bible is what led me not to believe in God,” he said. I came across this article awhile back. It’s an old one, but one worth repeating. It really … Continue reading →

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My One Year Journey

Posted on July 9, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

It has been a year since I have come out to my wife and pastor, that I am no longer a christian. Really it has been an up and down emotional journey. I have to admit in the beginning of … Continue reading →

Posted in atheist, christian, doubt, doubt faith, emotions, god, life, Musings for Life, religion, Where was God? | Tagged Afterlife, Atheist, BitterSweet, christian, christian doubt, Christianity, de-conversion, doubt, God, life, Musings, Unfaith | 13 Comments

The Writing on the Wall

Posted on June 19, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

My Little sister wrote this on her old bedroom wall, and I thought the words had such an inspirational air of rational true, I thought I would take a picture of it and share it as a post.

Posted in doubt faith, Free-Thought, freethinker, inspiration, message, occam's razor, Philosophy for Life, purpose, quote | Tagged BitterSweet, certainty, inspiration, life, logic of life, Musings, quotable quotes, quote | 1 Comment

Faith Will Fail: My letter to a Church Elder

Posted on June 1, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

So a while back one of the elders delivered a message at the church. And this was just a few weeks after I deconverted. In his message he talked about faith, doubt, belief, and unbelief. And in his message he … Continue reading →

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Live everyday like you are Dying

Posted on April 12, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

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Whats coming up next?

Posted on February 27, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

As for the BitterSweet Blog, I am adding four new pages for the ease of use and navigation purposes. The main new page will be the Series, Studies and Topics, which will contain a variety of things that I have … Continue reading →

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In Anticipation of the last day I Blog

Posted on January 16, 2013 by M. Rodriguez

The last day I blog I do think about the last day I ever blog again the BitterSweet End. And I know that this would be a very bittersweet day, because even though I really enjoy the outlet of having … Continue reading →

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Saying Goodbye to Religous Dogma

Posted on December 31, 2012 by M. Rodriguez

So I remember listening to this song on the radio a while back, I remember thinking how much it captivated how I felt at that moment about leaving God, Religion, and Christianity. That even though it was nice and I enjoyed … Continue reading →

Posted in belief, religion | Tagged BitterSweet, Christianity, delusion, dogma, God, god delusion, God is Dead, life, religion, Religion and Spirituality, religious delusion, skeptic, unbelief | 55 Comments

Celebrating an Atheist Christmas

Posted on December 20, 2012 by M. Rodriguez

I initially was not going to make a post about Christmas and atheism, until I saw this article about Atheist celebrating Christmas on the Finding Truth Blog and that for an atheist to celebrate Christmas is not just ‘merely insane, … Continue reading →

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Peeking Out the Atheist Closet

Posted on November 21, 2012 by M. Rodriguez

Considering that the Holidays are upon us, I’ve been thinking of some of my relationships with my Family and Friends. In regards to my relationship with my wife, most of the heated discussions surrounding religion have mostly calmed, however there … Continue reading →

Posted in atheism, atheist, christian, christian fraud, deceived, emotions, fraud, freedom, life, purpose | Tagged atheism, Atheist, BitterSweet, christian, Holiday, life, Musings, praying, Thanksgiving, unbelief | 12 Comments

The draw of an Evangelistic service.

Posted on November 18, 2012 by M. Rodriguez

So for those who don’t know, I still go to church, that’s actually part of my peace-treaty with my wife to keep some of the peace at home. It’s okay for now. However there are times when it has its moments. … Continue reading →

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Content and Deluded

Posted on November 9, 2012 by M. Rodriguez

For me personally and emotionally my-deconversion process would not have been so emotionally difficult had I not loved being a Christian. However the truth is I never hated my Christian experience or the Christian lifestyle. I actually thoroughly enjoyed it. I enjoyed being a … Continue reading →

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